let's hope people totally loose faith in bitcoin until then, but at the same time at least some real-world use of bitcoin emerges then I might consider buying some. I'll check every few month if the BTC price is close to 1$.

Everybody that own bitcoins even if it is just a single bitcoin can say its gonna be thousands of dollars at the end of 2011.This fictive person says this, to cause many people switch over to bitcoin since they get dollar signs in there eyes and most people only see this currently as a investment instead of a real currency you can pay with.Thus the price highers since more people want to be a part of the game just cause early adopters say its gonna be super duper high.

Summary:

1) Random early adopter who own alot of bitcoins says its gonna be 1000 dollar at the end 2011.2) Average Joe reads this and trust all other early adotper comments wich say its gonna be super high at the end of 20113) He and many other average Joe's buy for $2000 on Mtgox4) Price highers5) Profit for early adopters.